Nursing CE by state · Michigan
Michigan nursing CE: what the board asks for
Michigan nurses complete 25 hours every two years, including at least 2 in pain and symptom management, and Michigan approves CE offered by another state or provincial board of nursing.
Who may approve your CE
What Michigan’s rule says
“A continuing education program or activity is approved, regardless of the format in which it is offered, if it is offered for continuing education credit by any of the following: … Another state or provincial board of nursing.”
Mich. Admin. Code R 338.10601, R 338.10602(2)(a) (2024 MR 9, eff. 5/8/2024); R 338.7004 (implicit bias, 2024 MR 10, eff. 5/16/2024) · Read the rule at the source
The requirement
RNs: 25 hours
LPNs: 25 hours
Cycle: Every 2 years
Michigan Board of Nursing (LARA, Bureau of Professional Licensing)
Read this before you count our hours
What to know in Michigan
- Michigan also requires implicit-bias training under a separate rule.
- No more than 12 hours may be earned in any 24-hour period.
- A pending rule change may move Michigan nurses to a three-year cycle; the Board's current text governs.
A topic Michigan names
Pain and symptom management — 2 hours every renewal
Michigan pins 2 of the 25 hours to pain and symptom management. The rule, its named subjects and our own status are set out on the Michigan pain and symptom management page.
Before you buy anything
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a course satisfies your Michigan requirement. Your board decides that, and an audit lands on your license, not on us.
What we can do is show you the rule, quoted or cited, and linked, and tell you plainly where our courses stand. Each of our RN & LPN course pages states the continuing-education approval that course carries, and that statement applies only to the course it appears on.
If anything here is unclear for your situation, ask your board before you enroll. Keep every certificate and the course description; the description is what shows an auditor what the course covered.
Read the rule yourself
Mich. Admin. Code R 338.10601, R 338.10602(2)(a) (2024 MR 9, eff. 5/8/2024)
Michigan Board of Nursing (LARA, Bureau of Professional Licensing)
When we read it
We read the rule on 29 September 2026. Rules change; the board’s current text governs.
Ready to look at courses?
Read each course page against what your board asks for, then choose.